One of our Editors' Choices, the innovative IBM ThinkPad TransNote, blends the love of jotting down notes with the ease of working on a PC, all integrated into a standard portfolio carrying case. With a simple squeeze-button lock, the TransNote opens out like a book to reveal a 12-inch screen and a full-size standard IBM keyboard on one side and what looks like your typical legal pad on the other.

As you write in ink on the pad with the included pen/stylus, the ThinkScribe notepad instantly transfers your writing to the attached screen. The TransNote doesn't need to be on for you to use the writing side, because its own 2MB of flash memory stores up to 50 pages of notes.

Another element of the TransNote is the touch-screen TFT display, which, instead of closing downward as a notebook would, is mounted on an arm which extends up to angle toward you, lies flat facing up, or can be inverted to face somebody sitting across from you. And that's just the beginning: The TransNote is packed with interesting innovative features that work.

IBM ThinkPad TransNote

IBM ThinkPad TransNote

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